Improvement in magazine fire-arms



4, modiiication of the follower. of the spring fi.

` in that class of lire-arms known as breech 3, the dog dis raised so astoleave the flange not to require more particular description; cartridge with suiiicient force to hold it in that are introduced.-

- the Hanne ol' ihe. cartridge, :is seen in broken holder 1, which passes beneath the head1 so UNITEDSTATESPATENT OFFICE ,Y

FRANK YV. TIESING, OF NElV HAVEN, CONNEfflTIGUfI.

IMPROVEMENT IN MAGAZINE FIRE-ARMS..

Specification forming part of Lei ters Patent No. 206.367, dated July 23, i579; "llnIr-IIOH mrd l February 13, 1878.

To all idiom it may concern-.- lines, Fig. 2. XVhen the parts are in position Be it known` that I, FRANK \V,TIEs1NG, of as in Fig.-2, the power of the springa is great- N ew Havemin the county ot' New Haven and er than that of the spring' i hence the dog d State of Connecticut, have invented a new allows the anges of the cartridges to easily Improvement in Magazine Fire-Arms; and I pass it and drop forward of themif. do hereby; declare the following, when taken On the ejector, and 1n rear oi its forward in' connection with the accompanying drawend, is an upward projection, in.. This proings and the letters of reference marked therejection, when the breech-piece is forward, rests on, to be a full, clear, and exact description of upon its under side, as seen in Fig. 3, and .conthe same, and which said drawings constitute tinues to be held down by thev breech-piece, part of this specification, and represent, in and consequently bearing the spring t down Figure 1, side view; Fig. 2, longitudinal upon the holder f until the .breechpiec'e is section, showing the parts in position of open fully opened, when the projection m rises 1n to breech; Fig. 3, longitudinal central section, the notehr in the breecli-piece, as seen in Fig. showing the parts with the breech closed, Fig. 2. This relieves the holder from the pressure This' invention relates to an in'iproveinent lVhen the holder is pressed down, as in Fig.

sliding backward, operated by handle,7 and ot' the cartridge free 5. therefore theeartridge particularly to magazine-arms. in which the is freed so soon as the breeclrpiece isl moved magazine is arranged in the stock ot' the arm so far forward as to;l press down the ejector in rear ot the barrel and it consists in the into the position seen in Fig. 3. construction and combination of the parts, Supposing, then, the part-s to be in position as hereinafter described, and more particnas in Fig. 2, with one or more cartridges in larly recited in the claims. the magazine, the outer one, L, held by the Ais the frame; ll, the barrel attached theredog (l, the breech-piece is now closed, and in to and open. at the breech; U, the breechthe first part of its movement in so doing the piece; D, the handle attached thereto; E, the dog is raised, as before described, and the hammer, arranged to be thrown back by the cartrid,' \;c freed; but at. the saine time the .rear or opening movement ot the breech-piece holder j' is depressed. The result of this is and to be engaged by the sear a, substanthat instantly on the freeing of the cartridge tially in the usual manner for this class of itis thrown forward, but will be caught by the lre-arins a construction sowell known as holder j', as seen in' Fig. 3, bearing upon the F, the magazine, arranged in the stock G, advanced position; then, when the breechand provided with a follower, Il, and spring piece is again opened, the ejector g will rise I, and so that when the breech is open, as in and free the holder, as seen in Fig. 2. Then Fig. 2, the magazine may be charged by inthe cartridge which. was before held will be troduciiig cartridges rear end first against the forced forward up the incline N and enter the follower, and forcing it back into the maga` barrel ll so far, :it least, that when the breechzine until "the desired iiuinher of cartridges piece is again-advanced it will strike the head Y ot the cartridge and force Vit home into the l is a dog or stop hung upon a pivot, c, barrel,the next cartridge being caught bythe which will successively engage the iiange ol holder j', as before described. The sudden each cartridge as it is introduced, so as to rc` action ot the spring in the magazine gives to them in the magazine. The dog l extends forthe cartridge a sutiicient momentum to throw ward, and iti-ms a brake or holder, j', and on it into the barrel, so that it is not necessary the saine pivot rf .is hung an ejector, 0. Bethat it should be followed closely by the next tween the eiector and the holder]V is a spring, cart-ridge or thc follower.

l. ln rear ofthe dog d a spring, i1, is ar- On the top of the brceclrpiecc is the usual. ranged to iorcel the dog down onto and over -spriuglatch s, and below the usual #stud or y that the head oi' the cartridge will l spring z', as seen in Fig. 3, may be moved ing from the cartridge,

' dicated in broken lines, Fig.

be taken by the latch or extract-ing hook s when the breech-piece is closed, as seen in Fi Hence, when the breech-piece is opened the cartridge or shell, as the case may he,1wiil be extracted and drawn back with the 'breech-piece, in the usual manner, until the projection m on the ejector reaches the recess i in the breech-piece. Then the ejector is free to be thrown by the 2, and, striking the cartridge forward of its head, will throw its forward end upward and eject the shell'froni the arm, leaving the parts ready to advance for the next cartridge.

. lWhen the cartridges are suddenly released from tl. action or" the holderj, and advancing, as betere described, the ange is liableto come in contact with the shoulder on the holderf above, the tendency of which would be te throw np the forward end, and thus prevent its entering the barrel. To prevent this, or rather to overcome it, a groove, fr, or seine slight obstruction, is formed on the lower side ot' the conductor, or in' the pa-th'ot' the can' tridge,so that the underside of the head will strike such' obstruction and prevent any tendency which the cartridge word-1l otherwise have to rise at the forward end.

To use the arm as a breech-loader oft' thefnialgazinaa slide, a finger-piece, P,`beiow the traine, and preen ably within the trigger-guard, which, when the brake is down upon .the cartridge, as in forward beneath the dog d, and thus prevent the holder from risand so that the first and the succeeding cartridges in the niagazine may beheld in reserve, as occasion requires, the ejector, however, being free to act, that being independent or' the holder.

The follower H is constructed' with an annular projection, l., ot' slightly h rgor dia1ne ter than the cylinder of the cartridge, and so and ont that when the last cart-ridge has been thrown forward the said project-ion lt will strike the shoulder on the rear end of the'brake, asin- 3, and there be arrested,so that itcannotbe thrown. from the magazine.

In order to give to the last cartridge in the magazine a greater momentum than could be given to it by the follower advancing until arrested by the holder, as before described, and which is less than that given the preceding 1n, is arranged with j magazine, constructed with eeaaer cartridges, the follower may be provided with au auxiliary spring, as seen in F ig. 4. This spring being ot less power than that in thc magazine, the spring will bc always coinpressedpntil the follower is arrested by the holder. follower will force forward the then free part ofthe follower, as indicated in broken lines, and thus add lto the momentum of the cartridge, or follow the cartridge farther with its power than it'conld do withoutthis auxiliary spring. l

While representing' the ejector r/'and holder f as operated by a spring common to both, and the holder pressed downward through the agency ot' the ejector, these may be operated independently of each other; but the construction shown is simple and effective.

The spring on the ejector may be dispensed with altogether, because thc notch r in the breech-pico f, striking the shoulder m on the ejector, will necessarily cause the ejector to rise, and with sniieient force to eject the cartridge; but the spring is preferable.y

l. The combination, in a magazinelire-arm, of the ion gitndinally-slidin g breech, the holder f, and deg d,snbstan tiallhx1 as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, in a magazine fire-arm, of a lengitiulinaily-sliding hreechpiece, the holder f, dog d, ejector g, with its upward projection m, and notch 'r on the under side of vthe breech-piece, substantially as described. i

3. The combination, in a magazine tire-arm, of a longitudinally-sliding breeclrpieee, the holder f, dog d, ejector g, with its upward projcction m, and notchA r on the under side otl the breeclrpicce, with a spring, i, between the ejector and holder, and common to both, substantially as described.

4. The combination, in a magazine firearm, of a longitudinallysliding j", dog d, and stop or slide 1r, substantially as and i'or the purpose described.

' 5. rihe combination, in a magazine rire-arm, of the holderf, dog d, and the follower in the.

an annular proiection, lt, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

FRANK l' TIESING. hllitnesses:

JOHN ll). Ermua,

ll. A. lii'rsON.

TheilV the auxiliary spring within the` breech-piece, holder 

